Hey Guys, i finally decided on the springs i wanted and ordered them. they should be comin within this week. i jus wanted to kno if you guys had any tips or advice for installing them. like hard bolts or any problems you encountered. i have all the directions from online and i will have some friends helping me.. Thanks.... By the way the springs is Hotchkis...

 

yea get ready to fight with the rear springs! they are a PITA!! i cant really give you a hint cuz i faught with them for over a day... i finaly took them to a shop to get put in. the fronts are cake.

 

i agree with the rears. they suck. you need ALOT of torque to get some of the bolts off. took me and a friend about 6 hours. But it was our first install. if you know what you are doing then it should take alot less.

 

im not talkin about the bolts, im talkin about the springs themselves. hotchkis springs have about 6 dead coils which make it VERY difficult to get the spring compressor in there.

 

An impact wrench will make those nasty bolts easy; a corded electric one will do fine, and those can be rented in many areas.

As for the rears being a pain, there's an alternate method I ended up using that makes them pretty simple. Initially I took the whole shock assemblies to Midas and had them swap the springs for me, but they didn't line up one of them right and it wouldn't fit back into the rest of the suspension. That's how I ended up trying the other way. Basically, you compress the spring by putting a jack under the control arm and jacking it up with the shocks/springs still on the car, rather than using a spring compressor. The thread I read on how to do it is here: LINK

Look for the post by Mr Meaty.

Only other annoying part of the rear springs is having to pull apart the hatch interior to get to the shocks. Wasn't much of an issue for me because I recently got good at that from putting in a ton of sound deadening mat.

Good luck!

 

thanks for all the input.. suddenly i feel very scared about the install. loll

 

you'll be fine, just dont rush it.

 

hey guys, im gonna order the same springs, now im scared..

 

i just wanna say good luck :D. i got mine done at a shop cause i dont trust myself... lol.. good luck and congrats on your springs.

 

how much did they charge at the shop? just for putting them on.

 

wasn't hard...all hand tools! took me about 3-4 hours...i used a break away bar back wasn't that bad as everyone says...i am no pro but i don't really rate this as a hard to do install...just my 2 cents and good luck!

 

the rear wasnt that bad, cuz you have s-techs, not hotckis. the bottom 6 coils on hotchkis are all dead... they have NO spaces between them. try gettin a spring compressor in there. not happening.

 

i see....O btw i had a shop take off the springs and put mine on...my dad paid the guy 40 bucks...gave us a break and had lunch while waiting from them to switch it out....so had no problems there anyways hehe....

 

http://www.yoursciontc.com/informati...d_springs.html

 

Someone needs to make a sticky for the spring install, i just posted the same exact topic a few days ago when i ordered my hotchkis springs.

 

Thanks For All the Help and encouragement...

 

i have mine installed finally, WITH my Hotchkis sways.. Man, the ride is AWESOME!! Took the Shop 6 hrs for the whole thing. I waited.. ARG!! But i have to go back due to the creaking now...?????? Its not bad at high speeds, but when i hit a bump and it rebounds, them seems to crunch/creak pretty bad. I cant hear it outside the vehicle, but can feel it through the stearing wheel and inside the cab.??? This is after a day of driving it. the shop is great though. Anything happens they fix for free.... I didnt want to post pics yet due to the fact my rims are not on yet.. I wont put them on until this issue is resolved. Dont want to f-up my ADVANS....!!! NO WAY...